Every year people are taken to hospital emergency rooms in the United States because of injuries from fireworks. What's the best way to stay safe and enjoy the Fourth of July? Sarasota County Fire Department advises community members to celebrate by attending public fireworks displays.

Don your Stetson and grab your boots, because local country music sensation One Night Rodeo is bringing its smooth-as-sipping whiskey harmonies mixed with a high-octane, full-throttle show to the Venice Community Center.

Monday, April 10,20177:00 p.m. surplus lands andcommunity treasures - crucial decisions -a town hall examination ​ ​On Monday, April 10, 2017 please join CONA for a town hall examination of our surplus lands policies and zoning processes that are putting lands considered community treasures in danger, perhaps irreversibly. Such crucial decisions require public participation. ​ The current offer to sell public lands adjacent to the Celery Fields for a construction waste processing facility has drawn the focus of adjacent neighborhoods, environmental groups, conservationists, and many concerned individuals. The issues will be examined to determine what should drive decisions about public lands and how policies may be changed to assure protection of our community treasures while making appropriate decisions about development and preservation. ​